Matrilineal

Ohafia’s Matrilineal Heritage: The Forgotten Founders and Enduring Legacy

One version of the origin of Ohafia matriliny describes how pregnant women, during the migrations of the Ohafia people, were sometimes left behind—either because they were in labor or due to the suspicion that they would give birth to twins, which was considered an abomination. Ohafia’s rich cultural history reveals a unique matrilineal tradition, where…